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Jon O'Neill
Jon O'Neill was an Octochamp from Series 53. He started off with a narrow 20 point win over Steve Smith before scoring 96 against Peter Wallis. All of his next 5 games were centuries including a high score of 114 against Theresa Turrell. In his final game, he dropped to 94 but still qualified for the finals as #3 seed with 804 points.
In the quarter-finals he played Judith Young which was a close game. The game hinged on Jon getting 209 from 75 100 25 6 10 50, which involved Jon going up to 5075 and coming back down again. Both players scored in every round until the conundrum, where Jon failed to solve the conundrum IRONCASTS which was all that stood between him and a score of 100.
In the semi-final he faced John Mayhew, #2 seed with 811 points. Jon led by 7 points going into round 13, where he was beaten by THEOREMS and trailed by 1 point going into his choice of numbers. Controversially he didn't choose 4 large and went for just one large number. Both players scored 10 points and the lights were dimmed for a crucial conundrum EROGENICC, but neither player could solve it and John won the game by a solitary point. It was the second conundrum of French origin in a row that Jon had failed to solve.
One year later, Jon was invited back to the Championship of Champions and faced Series 52 Octochamp Jack Welsby. Jon started badly missing AMOEBAS. Jon couldn't beat Jack in any letters round, and uncharacterstically was beaten by Carol in both choices of 4 large numbers. Jon did get the conundrum PROFANITY but it was Jack that won the game by just 5 points.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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3898 | 1/04/2005 | P | Steve Smith | 67 – 87 | Jon O'Neill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Mitch Murray | Susie Dent | |||
3899 | 4/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 96 – 72 | Peter Wallis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3900 | 5/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 106 – 54 | William Moore | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3901 | 6/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 102 – 46 | Ola Odutola | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3902 | 7/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 101 – 61 | Gill Johns | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3903 | 8/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 104 – 66 | Phil Squires | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3904 | 11/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 114 – 43 | Theresa Turrell | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Julia McKenzie | Susie Dent | |||
3905 | 12/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 94 – 58 | Gary McEnaney | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Julia McKenzie | Susie Dent | |||
3955 | 28/06/2005 | QF | Judith Young | 74 – 90 | Jon O'Neill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Susie Dent | |||
3958 | 30/06/2005 | SF | John Mayhew | 89 – 88 | Jon O'Neill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Susie Dent | |||
4116 | 1/06/2006 | CP | Jack Welsby | 99 – 94 | Jon O'Neill | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Ron Atkinson | Susie Dent |